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SpineWorkspace — MCP Marketplace & Registry

Purpose

The MCP Marketplace and Registry provides discoverable MCP servers, tools and resources that can be connected to SpineWorkspace and the agent runtime.

MCP taxonomy

MCP Registry
├── Server
├── Tool
├── Resource
├── Provider
├── Version
├── Capability
├── Permissions
├── Security Metadata
├── Compatibility
└── Lifecycle

MCP manifest

Server ID
Publisher
Transport
Version
Capabilities
Tools
Resources
Authentication
Required Scopes
Data Classification
Write Effects
Rate Limits
Dependencies
Health
Security
Pricing

Lifecycle

Discovered
→ Registered
→ Validated
→ Approved
→ Connected
→ Authorized
→ Available
→ Invoked
→ Observed
→ Disabled / Deprecated

Invocation

Twin / Agent
→ Capability Resolution
→ Governance
→ MCP Registry
→ Approved MCP Server
→ Tool / Resource
→ Result
→ Normalization
→ Work / Spine
→ Reconciliation when consequential

Authority boundary

MCP Tool ≠ Permission
MCP Server ≠ Canonical Writer
MCP Result ≠ Organizational Truth

Canonical rule

MCP expands interoperability; SpineWorkspace retains context, governance, work continuity and authority.